When Allah Says To The Angels: Assemble The Wrong Doers
In the Bible, the Lord God sent two bears to kill and rip to pieces 42 little children because they mocked the Prophet Elisha.
In the Quran, Allah did not kill hundreds of adult disbelievers who mocked the Prophet Muhammad.
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In the Bible, God destroyed 42 little children because they mocked Elisha; they said unto him, Go up, thou bald head.
In the commentaries on this occasion, John Gill's Exposition of the Bible says:
1- And he (Elisha) turned back, and looked on them
With a stern countenance, thereby reproving them, and in order to intimidate them, and make them ashamed, and cause them to leave off, but to no purpose; they repeated their mockeries with great vehemence:
2- And cursed them in the name of the Lord;
Moved thereunto, not from passion and a spirit of revenge, but by an impulse of the Spirit of God:
3- And there came forth two she bears out of the wood;
Which are fiercest, and especially when bereaved of their whelps, as these might be; the wood seems to be near to Bethel, though the Jews, to increase the miracle, say there was no wood at all, and, if there was, that there were no bears in it.
4- And tare forty and two children of them;
It seems there were more than these; but such a number of them they tore to pieces and destroyed; which was very extraordinary, and was an awful punishment for their wickedness, which they knowingly and willingly committed.
Conclusion: this awful deadly punishment of 42 little children does not go with the essential Idiom that "God is Love".
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In the Quran, Allah did not kill hundreds of adult disbelievers who mocked the Prophet Muhammad.
In the first 5-7 years of prophethood, hundreds of the ignorant Arabs mocked the Prophet Muhammad severely. They were forming the Arabs' media at that time; they used to say (the same as the western media today do) that Muhammad is a mad man, he is soccer; and the Quran is fabricated and it is a manifest lie. Nevertheless, Allah, unlike the Biblical God, did not kill those ignorant disbelievers in the life of this world but He told them what will be their outcome in the Hereafter.
In the Quran, (verses 37:11-26) Allah discloses the unseen and told the disbelievers who mocked the Prophet Muhammad how they will be at the Day of Judgment.
The meanings of Verses 37:11-26:
- Then ask them, O Muhammad: Are they stronger as a creation or those other creatures which Allah has created) of angels, jinn, heavens, stars, planets etc.?
Lo! Allah created man of sticking viscous clay.
The meaning is that their physical make-up is fragile so let them not behave arrogantly by rejecting the Prophet and the Quran, a Idiom which will result in their easily accomplished destruction.
- Nay, but you (O Muhammad) marvel that they deny you, while they engage in ridicule and mock you.
- And when they are reminded, when they are admonished with the Quran, they are not mindful; they do not heed the admonition,
- And when they see a sign, they make it an object of ridicule, they mock it.
- And they say, regarding the Quran: ‘This is mere magic, a manifest lie;
and they say in denial of the Resurrection —
- When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we indeed be resurrected?
Say to them, O Muhammad: indeed you shall.
- They asked: And our forefathers shall they will be raised also?
- Say O Muhammad: ‘Yes, you will be resurrected, and you will be brought utterly abased and humiliated!'
- For it will be one Shout, one single blow, which is the blowing of the Resurrection and, lo! They, all human beings, emerge from the graves, alive, looking for what will be done with them.
- And the disbelievers, will say, ‘O woe to us!'
And the angels will say to them: ‘This is the Day of Retribution', the Day of Reckoning and Requital.
- ‘This is the Day of Judgment, between you and the believers, which you used to deny in the life of this world.
- Allah would then say to the angels: ‘Assemble those who did wrong, those who associated partners or son (s) with Allah, to their own souls through idolatry, together with their mates, their associates from among the devils, and what they used to worship besides Allah, and lead them, to the path of Hell, the way to the Fire.
- Allah would also say to the angels: And stop them, detain them on the path, for they must be questioned, about all their sayings and deeds, and it will be said to them in rebuke.
It is also said that this means: they will be questioned about their rejection of "there is no deity except Allah".
- And it will be said to them: "What is wrong with you that you do not help one another?", as was the case with you in this world. And it will be said to them:
How is it that you do not save yourselves from Allah's chastisement, or help one another to avoid Allah's chastisement?
- Nay, but today they make full submission; they are compliant, abased because they knew that the Truth is with Allah.
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The Bible
2 Kings 2:23-24, King James Version
23And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
24And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
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The Quran
Verses 37:11-26, Yusuf Ali translation
11) Just ask their opinion: are they the more difficult to create, or the (other) beings we have created? Them have we created out of a sticky clay!
12) Truly dost thou marvel, while they ridicule,
13) And, when they are admonished, pay no heed,-
14) And, when they see a sign, turn it to mockery,
15) And say, "This is nothing but evident sorcery!
16) "What! When we die, and become dust and bones, shall we (then) be raised up (again?)
17) "And also our fathers of old?"
18) Say thou: "yea and ye shall then be humiliated (on account of your evil)."
19) Then it will be a single (compelling) cry; and behold, they will begin to see!
20) They will say, "Ah! Woe to us! This is the day of judgment!"
21) (A voice will say,) "this is the day of sorting out, whose truth ye (once) denied!"
22) "Bring ye up", it shall be said, "the wrong-doers and their wives, and the things they worshipped-
23) "Besides Allah, and lead them to the way to the (fierce) fire!
24) "But stop them, for they must be asked:
25) "'what is the matter with you that ye help not each other?'"
26) Nay, but that day they shall submit (to judgment).
In the Quran, Allah did not kill hundreds of adult disbelievers who mocked the Prophet Muhammad.
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In the Bible, God destroyed 42 little children because they mocked Elisha; they said unto him, Go up, thou bald head.
In the commentaries on this occasion, John Gill's Exposition of the Bible says:
1- And he (Elisha) turned back, and looked on them
With a stern countenance, thereby reproving them, and in order to intimidate them, and make them ashamed, and cause them to leave off, but to no purpose; they repeated their mockeries with great vehemence:
2- And cursed them in the name of the Lord;
Moved thereunto, not from passion and a spirit of revenge, but by an impulse of the Spirit of God:
3- And there came forth two she bears out of the wood;
Which are fiercest, and especially when bereaved of their whelps, as these might be; the wood seems to be near to Bethel, though the Jews, to increase the miracle, say there was no wood at all, and, if there was, that there were no bears in it.
4- And tare forty and two children of them;
It seems there were more than these; but such a number of them they tore to pieces and destroyed; which was very extraordinary, and was an awful punishment for their wickedness, which they knowingly and willingly committed.
Conclusion: this awful deadly punishment of 42 little children does not go with the essential Idiom that "God is Love".
----------------------
In the Quran, Allah did not kill hundreds of adult disbelievers who mocked the Prophet Muhammad.
In the first 5-7 years of prophethood, hundreds of the ignorant Arabs mocked the Prophet Muhammad severely. They were forming the Arabs' media at that time; they used to say (the same as the western media today do) that Muhammad is a mad man, he is soccer; and the Quran is fabricated and it is a manifest lie. Nevertheless, Allah, unlike the Biblical God, did not kill those ignorant disbelievers in the life of this world but He told them what will be their outcome in the Hereafter.
In the Quran, (verses 37:11-26) Allah discloses the unseen and told the disbelievers who mocked the Prophet Muhammad how they will be at the Day of Judgment.
The meanings of Verses 37:11-26:
- Then ask them, O Muhammad: Are they stronger as a creation or those other creatures which Allah has created) of angels, jinn, heavens, stars, planets etc.?
Lo! Allah created man of sticking viscous clay.
The meaning is that their physical make-up is fragile so let them not behave arrogantly by rejecting the Prophet and the Quran, a Idiom which will result in their easily accomplished destruction.
- Nay, but you (O Muhammad) marvel that they deny you, while they engage in ridicule and mock you.
- And when they are reminded, when they are admonished with the Quran, they are not mindful; they do not heed the admonition,
- And when they see a sign, they make it an object of ridicule, they mock it.
- And they say, regarding the Quran: ‘This is mere magic, a manifest lie;
and they say in denial of the Resurrection —
- When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we indeed be resurrected?
Say to them, O Muhammad: indeed you shall.
- They asked: And our forefathers shall they will be raised also?
- Say O Muhammad: ‘Yes, you will be resurrected, and you will be brought utterly abased and humiliated!'
- For it will be one Shout, one single blow, which is the blowing of the Resurrection and, lo! They, all human beings, emerge from the graves, alive, looking for what will be done with them.
- And the disbelievers, will say, ‘O woe to us!'
And the angels will say to them: ‘This is the Day of Retribution', the Day of Reckoning and Requital.
- ‘This is the Day of Judgment, between you and the believers, which you used to deny in the life of this world.
- Allah would then say to the angels: ‘Assemble those who did wrong, those who associated partners or son (s) with Allah, to their own souls through idolatry, together with their mates, their associates from among the devils, and what they used to worship besides Allah, and lead them, to the path of Hell, the way to the Fire.
- Allah would also say to the angels: And stop them, detain them on the path, for they must be questioned, about all their sayings and deeds, and it will be said to them in rebuke.
It is also said that this means: they will be questioned about their rejection of "there is no deity except Allah".
- And it will be said to them: "What is wrong with you that you do not help one another?", as was the case with you in this world. And it will be said to them:
How is it that you do not save yourselves from Allah's chastisement, or help one another to avoid Allah's chastisement?
- Nay, but today they make full submission; they are compliant, abased because they knew that the Truth is with Allah.
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The Bible
2 Kings 2:23-24, King James Version
23And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
24And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
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The Quran
Verses 37:11-26, Yusuf Ali translation
11) Just ask their opinion: are they the more difficult to create, or the (other) beings we have created? Them have we created out of a sticky clay!
12) Truly dost thou marvel, while they ridicule,
13) And, when they are admonished, pay no heed,-
14) And, when they see a sign, turn it to mockery,
15) And say, "This is nothing but evident sorcery!
16) "What! When we die, and become dust and bones, shall we (then) be raised up (again?)
17) "And also our fathers of old?"
18) Say thou: "yea and ye shall then be humiliated (on account of your evil)."
19) Then it will be a single (compelling) cry; and behold, they will begin to see!
20) They will say, "Ah! Woe to us! This is the day of judgment!"
21) (A voice will say,) "this is the day of sorting out, whose truth ye (once) denied!"
22) "Bring ye up", it shall be said, "the wrong-doers and their wives, and the things they worshipped-
23) "Besides Allah, and lead them to the way to the (fierce) fire!
24) "But stop them, for they must be asked:
25) "'what is the matter with you that ye help not each other?'"
26) Nay, but that day they shall submit (to judgment).
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